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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Night of the Animated
Dead OK/G
Night of the Living
Dead, the original 1968 version helmed by the late George A. Romero, is not
only one of my favorite zombie movies, but one of my favorite movies in general. The 1990 remake helmed by the legendary Tom
Savini was decent too. Was this animated
update necessary? Probably not, but the
majority, if not all, of remakes aren’t really necessary (I’ve probably said
that countless times too). If you’re
very much familiar with the original film (like yours truly), you’ll know what
to expect…in animated form (I mean, a very few things are done a bit
differently). If there’s a chance you
actually haven’t seen the original, or even the remake, and you call yourself a
horror fan, or general cinema buff, then what the hell have you been waiting
for? If you do happen to be one of those
people that hasn’t seen it though (and I totally suggest you do), you might
think this is an enjoyable zombie film.
The animation may not be of the highest quality, but there is gore
(likely what earned its R-rating) and the scenes us fans know so well were
recreated satisfactorily. No, this
absolutely does not replace the original, but I think it’s a decent rendition
for NOTLD fans that’s barely over an hour.
From what I remember, it’s a whole lot better than that 2009 film, Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated (my
archives indicate I gave it zero out of four stars, when I did star ratings,
and a movie had to be completely horrendous for me to give it that low of a
rating!). 10/11/2021
Bonus review:
Scaredy Cats
I took a chance with this new family series on Netflix only
because it was on a ‘Netflix and Chills’ list that provides titles and dates of
new releases during the Halloween season.
Plus, I like to think I’m a bit open-minded. This series is corny as hell, yes, and I
should’ve figured when seeing a logo for Air
Bud Entertainment before each episode (you know, that franchise featuring
dogs that play sports?); I can’t honestly say I’ve ever seen a single one of
those Air Bud movies and don’t have a
desire to, ever (guess I’m not as open-minded as I thought). It consists of 9 episodes, the first one
being over 40-minutes and the rest being under 30. Yes, I did actually watch the entire series;
I didn’t binge it though, just watched one or two episodes at a time, usually
just one. It involves three pre-teen
girls that eventually learn they’re witches; they can turn into cats that do
talk and there are other animals that talk too; there are also two “bad”
witches that want an amulet one of the girls owns. If you thought Hocus Pocus was corny…ha, let’s just say the creators of this
probably said, “Hold my beer” (the way in which the bad witches are “defeated”
at the end of the last episode is one of the corniest scenes I’ve seen in a
very long while!). Yes, that witch movie
from 1993 is highly overrated and I’m amazed at how much cult status it
received over the years (it’s strictly nostalgic for me since I saw it in the
theater as a pre-teen, but it’s still corny).
I re-watched that Olsen twin witch movie, Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (also from 1993), to compare
corniness and this certainly scores higher on the corny scale (Double was the more boring entry though). How did I manage to watch this entire series
if I keep saying how corny it was? I’m
not sure, I guess I love anything to do with Halloween and maybe it was a bit
tolerable since I watched it in segments and the episodes weren’t too long
(hell, as corny as Hocus Pocus may
be, I do still watch it every once in a while, usually years in between, mostly
for nostalgic reasons, as mentioned).
Now, as someone pushing 40, for those that have spawn within this show’s
target audience, it’s a little tolerable if you’re forced to watch it with them
(of course there’s no need to accompany them since it’s harmless and rated
TV-G), but I really don’t think anyone past age-12 will find it appealing. 10/7/2021
Other movies and TV show(s) I’ve seen and their ratings (see above):
Censor >>>EH/OK
The Green Knight >>>B
Muppets Haunted
Mansion >>>EH/OK
(Disney+)
---Sean O.
10/16/2021
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